Updated on 13 October 2026.

Our cookie policy

Find out how Textlume uses cookies and browser storage, why we use them, how long they remain and what deleting or blocking them means for you. We are a software company based in the United Arab Emirates and run the site. Our privacy policy covers how we handle other data.

Understanding cookies

A cookie is a small piece of information a website saves in your browser. It helps the site remember details from one request to the next, including your sign-in status or which browser is accessing a free tool.

Browser storage is another way to save information in your browser, separate from cookies. We use it to remember your position in the editor, save detector reports and maintain support chats. Some entries disappear when you close a tab. Others remain for the time stated below or until you remove them.

Our cookies

If you do not have an account, anon_id assigns an identifier to your browser so we can measure your use of free tools. This supports free usage limits and has no advertising purpose.

Your sign-in is maintained by __Host-sb-access-token and __Host-sb-refresh-token. These cookies let you move between pages without having to sign in each time.

The page header uses __Host-signed_in to display your signed-in status. This cookie contains no secret information and is separate from the cookies responsible for keeping your account signed in.

This section gives each cookie's name, function and lifespan. The browser storage section below covers information saved outside cookies.

Identifier	Role	Duration
anon_id	Tracks free tool use by visitors without accounts.	For 1 year
__Host-sb-access-token, __Host-sb-refresh-token	Maintains your signed-in session.	For 30 days
__Host-signed_in	Shows your signed-in status in the header. Contains no secret information.	For 30 days
editor-offset (tab-local storage)	Remembers the editor's scroll location for the open tab.	Until the tab is closed
Detector reports (local storage)	Stores detector reports you save.	For 24 hours
_ga, _ga_<ID>	Distinguishes visits for analytics to avoid counting a visit twice.	For 2 years

Storage in your browser

To remember your scroll position in the editor, we save editor-offset in tab storage. It remains available while that tab is open and is removed when the tab closes.

Detector reports you save stay in your browser for 24 hours. We never store them on our servers. A report older than 24 hours is hidden and gets deleted the next time you open any page of the site.

Browser storage keeps your support conversation open when you move to another page. Closing the tab does not clear it. The conversation stays until you remove it in your browser.

Each type of storage has its own lifespan: your editor position lasts for the open tab, detector reports expire after their time limit, and support chat data remains until you clear it.

Counting free usage

We apply free usage limits using a keyed hash of your IP address together with your browser's cookie identifier, recorded for each tool and UTC day. Your daily allowance resets at midnight UTC. Counts cover today and yesterday only. The next count removes records for earlier days.

These counts are pseudonymised, so they are not anonymous. We count with the browser identifier and the keyed hash of your IP address together, never with the identifier alone.

The same approach applies to limits per minute. Entries cover the current minute and the previous minute. On the next request, we remove entries from earlier minutes.

Removing anon_id deletes your browser's identifier but leaves the IP hash used for usage counting in place. Your free limits therefore do not reset when you delete this cookie.

No ad or tracking cookies

We do not set cookies for advertising or tracking. Our free-limit and sign-in cookies are used for those specific tasks, not to serve ads.

If analytics is enabled, its cookies help us measure visits and make site improvements. They are not used for advertising. The analytics details on this page describe this use separately.

Your storage controls

Your browser settings let you remove or block this site's cookies using the cookie or site data controls. The site data controls also let you clear the browser storage covered in this policy.

You will be signed out if you block the sign-in cookies. These cookies must be allowed for you to remain signed in.

Removing browser storage deletes its contents, including any saved detector reports or support chat conversation. Deleting anon_id does not renew your free allowance, since usage counting also relies on the IP hash.

Removing cookies or browser storage does not delete your account. Request account deletion by writing to support@textlume.com.

Policy updates

We post any updated policy on this page and display its date at the top.

Get in touch

Send questions about this policy, cookies or browser storage to support@textlume.com. Dave from our support team will reply within 24 hours.

When analytics is enabled

With analytics enabled, every visitor receives the _ga and _ga_<ID> cookies without a consent step. These cookies distinguish visits so that each visit is counted once.

The analytics service receives the address of the page you visit, browser and device information, and a rough location derived from your IP address. We use this information to measure visits and improve the site, not for advertising.